Today I visited the secretary of the Manx Loaghtan Breeders group who kindly offered to show me her stock and discuss the breed. Carol and her husband Mark had a lovely thatched cottage 
in Gloucestershire just west of Gloucester itself.
in Gloucestershire just west of Gloucester itself. Carol breeds Manx sheep for hobbie only. The sheep in my mind were beautiful animals especially the ones with the 4 perfectly formed horns and the one with the most perfect horns which Carol intends to show was a year old ram.
The breed is substantially healthier than commercial varieties with one farm, Langley Chase in the UK winning several awards.
Ive enquired to the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service and there response is as follows:
AQIS Reference number 2008-0266
Dear Mr Kumnick
The Australian live animal import conditions do not permit the importation of ruminant animals from any country other than New Zealand. These conditions have been in place for a number of years and they are based on the risk assessments on the importation of live ruminants from overseas countries, carried out by Biosecurity Australia.
Regards
Dr Don Leelawardana. BVSC, MACVSc
Dear Mr Kumnick
The Australian live animal import conditions do not permit the importation of ruminant animals from any country other than New Zealand. These conditions have been in place for a number of years and they are based on the risk assessments on the importation of live ruminants from overseas countries, carried out by Biosecurity Australia.
Regards
Dr Don Leelawardana. BVSC, MACVSc
Anyway to date, searching on the web Ive found no breeders from Australia or New Zealand. My search will continue.....
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